九子母科

Habit: shrub, herb

Taxon group: dicots

Plant: dioecious

Leaf: position: opposite, alternate

Leaf: nature: simple

Leaf: stipules: absent

Flowers: inflorescence: raceme, panicle

Flowers: sexuality: unisexual

Flowers: disc: present

Flowers: perianth number: 0

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5

Flowers: sepal/calyx nature: campanulate

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 4, 5

Flowers: petal nature: unguiculate

Flower: bract: present

Stamen: number: 8, 9, 10+

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule

Pistil: pistil: ovules attached to the base of the ovary

Ovary: position: superior

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